Nail and spike extractor



R. R. WILSON. Nail and Spike Extractor.

(No Model.)

Patented June 22, 1880;

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UNITED STATES REOTOR R. WILSON, OF STEWART, OHIO.

PATENT OFFICE.

w NAIL AND SPIKE EXTRACTOR.

SI EGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,220, dated June22, 1880.

Application filed April 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HECTOR R. WILSON, ofStewart, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Nail and Spike Extractors; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in nail and spike extractors; andit consists in the combination of a slotted lever and a movable footattached thereto, whereby a fulcrum is formed upon which the leverturns, and thus enables greater power to be applied in drawing the spikeor nail.

It further consists in the combination of a slotted leverhavingjonrnaled in it a friction roller and a movable foot having anopening through its center, by means of which open ing the footand leverare connected together, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of myinvention is to use a roller which is pivoted in thelever as the fulcrum on which the lever shall turn, and provide aslanting surface upon which this fulcrum shall move. whereby the levercan be adapted for drawing spikes which have their heads close to thewood in which they are embedded, or those which have been but" partiallydriven in and have their heads so high above the tie or other piece ofwood into which they are being driven that the ordinary spike-extractorcan only be used by placing some substance near the spike, and whichserves as a fulcrum for the lever.

Figure l is a vertical section of. my invention. Fig. 2 is a front viewof the same.

A represents the lever, which may be of any desired length, and whichhas a slot, B, made through its lower end. To the lower points of thislever is applied a steel claw or plate, D, for drawing the nails orspikes, and which plate is made removable, so that it can be taken oftto be sharpened, or, in case it should be broken, removed and anotherone put in its place. J ournaled between the prongs of (No model.)

this lower end of the lever is the roller E, which forms the fulcrumupon which the lever turns.

To the rear edge of the lever, at any suitable distance above its lowerend, are formed or secured the ears F, between which ears is secured apin or bolt, H, which passes through the openingJ in the foot J, for thepurpose of attaching the foot and lever permanently together. This foothas a curve formed upon its front side, as shown in Fig. 1, so thatwhile the lever is in an elevated position the rolling fulcrum willalways bear upon it, and thus enable the claw to be used equally welleither when in direct contact with the top of the tie or other piece ofwood in which the spike or nail is embedded or when the head of the nailor spike is some distance above the wood. By thus making thebearing-surface of the roller curved, as shown, the roller can movealong the foot, and thus enable the lever to accommodate itself todifferent positions without the necessity of the operator constant1yshifting the lever so as to find a suitable fulcrum.

By having a hole through the body of the foot and connecting it to thelever by means of'the pin H, the foot and the lever are always connectedtogether and ready for use without any special adaptation of the twoparts by the operator. By providing the foot with the sharp points shownon its under side there is no danger of the foot slipping when placedupon greasy ties. it

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a nail and spikeextractor, the combination of a lever, A, having the slot B, the foot J,having the opening through it, the pin H, for connectin g the foot andlever together, and the rolling fulcrum E, for bearin g on the curvedfront of the foot, substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of April, 1880.

REOTOR R. WILSON.

Witnesses:

B. S. PLUMLY, J. M. MELGHI.

